Swansea Museum

The world’s first industrial nation

The National Waterfront Museum in Swansea tells the story of Welsh industry and innovation over the past 300 years when Wales can lay claim to being the world’s first industrial nation. By the late 19th century, South Wales was internationally recognised as a centre for heavy industry, coal production and maritime trade and the National…

Copper mining on the Great Orme

Uncovered in 1987 during a scheme to landscape an area of Llandudno’s Great Orme, the Copper Mine is the largest Bronze Age example of its kind in the world. Excavated more than 3,500 years ago by miners using nothing more than stone and bone tools, the cavern gives visitors a feel for the harsh conditions…

Scenic route to the Great Orme summit

Perched on top of Llandudno’s Great Orme is a Summit Complex that offers striking views of Anglesey, the Irish Sea and areas of the Snowdonia National Park. The complex, at 679ft up, was first erected in 1909 as a golf clubhouse but underwent many incarnations before becoming one of the area’s most popular tourist destinations.…

Dolforwyn Castle

Last challenge to English rule

Dolforwyn Castle stands on a wooded hill overlooking the Severn valley, a scene so peaceful today it is hard to imagine it once being the centre of military conquest. But the Severn valley forms a natural route into Wales and the significance of the river crossing at Rhyd Chwima, near Montgomery, was not lost on…